diff --git a/scripts/modinfo-collect.py b/scripts/modinfo-collect.py
index 6ebaea989d..db78b16c1f 100644
--- a/scripts/modinfo-collect.py
+++ b/scripts/modinfo-collect.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def main(args):
     for obj in args:
         entry = compile_commands.get(obj, None)
         if not entry:
-            sys.stderr.print('modinfo: Could not find object file', obj)
+            sys.stderr.write(f'modinfo: Could not find object file {obj}')
             sys.exit(1)
         src = entry['file']
         if not src.endswith('.c'):